Friday, June 25, 2010

BET 2010 Awards Predictions!

I predict for the 5th year in a row that I will not attend, watch, or pay attention to the BET Awards. In many, many ways, more ways than I can describe, it is totally out of every demographic I believe I am a member of.

I predict I will be watching Food TV at the time.

I wish all of the participants the best of luck. You may now continue on with your life.

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Uncool Music Playlist - No Doubt "It's My Life"



The Uncool hits keep on rolling... Live, from Jeff's iPod is #21 on his most played list "It's My Life" by No Doubt.

This is one of those rare examples of where a remake really seemed to improve the original, or at least be different enough to count as a new tune, which is remarkable given it is virtually a note for note remake. I liked the old tune but this one moves better.

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Uncool History - A Peace to End All Peace

Jeff's Uncool history series continues with a look at the Middle East.

"A Peace to End All Peace" by David Fromkin.


The whole Jewish/Israel/Arab thing goes back thousands of years to be sure. But believe it or not, a good deal of this crap-o-la can be traced back to things that happened not all that long time ago. This is a great book to read if you want to get up to speed on the background of the whole Middle East thing, the whole terrorist thing, and the whole 'how did something this messed up get this messed up' thing.

Read your history books!!!!!

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Monday, June 7, 2010

Uncool Music Playlist - Styx "Lorelei"



The Uncool hits keep on rolling... Live, from Jeff's iPod it is #6 on his most played list "Lorelei" from Styx. Just when my playlist started actually looking pretty decent it takes a hard turn for the worst. I'm not even sure Styx fans really dig this song all that much. Its a stupid song about a guy and girl moving in together.

I wish I had a good excuse about why it is #6 but I let the facts speak for themselves (hint: take a look at the title of this blog).

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Uncool History - The Oxford History of the American People

Jeff's Uncool history series continues with another of my overview looks at American history.

"The Oxford History of the American People" by Samuel Eliot Morison.

This is a very broad and very comprehensive US history book and one that is very readable, full of facts and comprehensive. If you are looking for one book to cover everything, this is a great place to start. Morison has been justifiably criticized for being extremely light on the slavery issue but then again most authors of his era had a distorted view which has been since corrected in this and most other general history books.

So often we think we know history until we read it again...

Example: Can you name a disputed presidential election where the votes from Florida were called into question and the eventual winner had less popular votes but more electoral votes? If you said the 1876 election of Rutherford B. Hayes, you would be correct.

Read your history! Nothing is new...

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